E.J. Pratt Library

A dictionary of slang and colloquial English

97,219 97K

1905 1905

by Farmer, John Stephen, 1845?-1915?; Henely, William Ernest, 1849-1903

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Topic: English language -- Slang Dictionaries

English compound words and phrases : a reference list with statement of principles and rules

50,801 51K

1892 1892

by Teall, Francis Horace

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Topic: English language -- Compound words

The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche : the first complete and authorized English translation

50,750 51K

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by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Levy, Oscar Ludwig, 1867-

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Little women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

35,468 35K

1915 1915

by Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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Lucan : the civil war books I-X (Pharsalia)

33,551 34K

1928 1928

by Lucan, 39-65; Duff, J. D. (James Duff), 1860-1940

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Latin and English on opposite pages
Topic: Pharsalus, Battle of, Farsala, Greece, 48 B.C

700 limerick lyrics; a collection of choice humorous versifications

31,696 32K

1906 1906

by Vaughn, Stanton

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Topic: Limericks

29,128 29K

On the Latin language

1938 1938

by Varro, Marcus Terentius; Kent, Roland G. (Roland Grubb), 1877-1952

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English and Latin on opposite pages
Topic: Latin language

28,575 29K

Persuasion

1905 1905

by Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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1st ed. published 1818

An Anglo-Saxon dictionary : based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth. Supplement

24,204 24K

1921 1921

by Toller, T. Northcote (Thomas Northcote), 1844-1930; Bosworth, Joseph, 1789-1876

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Topic: English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 Dictionaries English

A dictionary of English homonyms : pronouncing and explanatory

21,112 21K

1899 1899

by Bey, A.F. Inglott

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Topic: English language -- Homonyms

Lord Byron's Cain, a mystery : with notes, wherein the religion of the Bible is considered, in reference to acknowledged philosophy and reason

21,034 21K

1830 1830

by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824; Grant, Harding

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Includes bibliographical references

18,472 18K

Dionysiaca

1940 1940

by Nonnus, of Panopolis; Frye, Northrop. Marginalia; Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950; Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings), 1883-1961; Lind, L. R. (Levi Robert), 1906-

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Anglo-Saxon and Old English vocabularies

17,405 17K

1884 1884

by Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877; Wülker, Richard Paul, 1845-1910

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v. 1. Vocabularies. --v. 2. Indices
Topics: English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 Glossaries, vocabularies, etc, English language --...

16,631 17K

Paradise lost

1910 1910

by Milton, John, 1608-1674; Verity, A. W. (Arthur Wilson), 1863-1937

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The complete poems of Emily Brontë

16,262 16K

1908 1908

by Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848; Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926; Nicoll, W. Robertson (William Robertson), Sir, 1851-1923

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15,845 16K

Marlowe's Edward II

1914 1914

by Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593; Briggs, William Dinsmore

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Topic: Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327

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The Canadian Bookman

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The Canadian Bookman This was a specialized periodical dedicated to promoting the literary and artistic culture of Canada. Its focus was books and authors, literary criticism, publishing, book-selling and the library profession. The Bookman commenced publication in 1914 in Toronto as a monthly and lasted for one year. The periodical re-emerged, briefly, in 1915 as The Canadian Bookseller & Library Journal and, finally, took hold as the Canadian Bookman in 1919 to last twenty-two years,...

Cursor mundi : the cursur o the world : a Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century in four versions, two of them Midland, from the Cotton ms ...

13,169 13K

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by Morris, Richard, 1833-1894

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Aristotle's criticisms of Plato

13,107 13K

1909 1909

by Watson, James McLean

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Topics: Aristotle, Plato

Ad Lucilium epistulae morales

12,894 13K

1917 1917

by Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D; Gummere, Richard Mott, 1883-

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Latin and English on opposite pages

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Dionysiaca

1940 1940

by Nonnus, of Panopolis; Frye, Northrop. Marginalia; Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950; Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings), 1883-1961; Lind, L. R. (Levi Robert), 1906-

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Catholicon Anglicum : an English-Latin wordbook dated 1483

11,888 12K

1881 1881

by Herrtage, Sidney John Hervon

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Topics: English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 Dictionaries Latin, Latin language -- Dictionaries...

11,786 12K

English idioms

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by Dixon, James Main, 1856-1933

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Topics: English language -- Idioms, corrections, errors, English language -- Dictionaries

The Hague conventions and declarations of 1899 and 1907, accompanied by tables of signatures, ratifications and adhesions of the various powers, and texts of reservations; edited by James Brown Scott, director

11,589 12K

1915 1915

by International Peace Conference. (1st : 1899 : Hague, Netherlands); Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Division of International Law; International Peace Conference. (2nd : 1907 : Hague, Netherlands); Scott, James Brown, 1866-1943

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Topic: Arbitration, International

11,538 12K

Dionysiaca

1940 1940

by Nonnus, of Panopolis; Frye, Northrop. Marginalia; Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950; Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings), 1883-1961; Lind, L. R. (Levi Robert), 1906-

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Merlin ; or, The early history of King Arthur : a prose romance (about 1450-1460 A.D.)

11,280 11K

1899 1899

by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin, 1838-1917; Mead, William Edward, 1860-; Stuart-Glennie, John S; Nash, David William, 1809 or 10-1876

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Topic: Arthur, King

On early English pronunciation : with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...

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by Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890

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Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, English language -- Phonology, English...

The dream of the rood : an old English poem attributed to Cynewulf

10,912 11K

1905 1905

by Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927

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Bibliography: p. lix-lx

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by Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890

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Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, English language -- Phonology, English...

10,469 10K

Feb 1, 1901 02/01

by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900

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No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9

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by Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890

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Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400, English language -- Phonology, English...

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The "art" of rhetoric

1926 1926

by Aristotle; Freese, John Henry

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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxii-xxxiv) and indexes
Topic: Rhetoric, Ancient

Early English meals and manners : with some forewords on education in Early England

9,298 9.3K

1868 1868

by Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910

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Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: Home economics -- England, Education -- England, Etiquette, Medieval, Table, England -- Social life...

9,186 9.2K

Caxton's Eneydos, 1490

1890 1890

by Virgil; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491; Culley, Mathew Tewart, 1832-1889; Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910; Salverda de Grave, Jean Jacques, 1863-

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Topic: Enéas (Romance)

The complete poems of Sir John Davies

9,082 9.1K

1876 1876

by Davies, John, 1565?-1618

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The beautiful and damned

1922 1922

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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Imagines

1931 1931

by Philostratus, the Athenian, 2nd/3rd cent; Philostratus, the Lemnian, 3rd cent; Callistratus, 3rd or 4th cent. Descriptions; Fairbanks, Arthur, 1864-1944

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Topics: Painting, Painting, Greco-Roman

The Institutio oratoria of Quintilian

8,868 8.9K

1920 1920

by Quintilian; Butler, Harold Edgeworth, 1878-1951

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Bibliography: v. 1, p. xi-xiii

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The Roxburghe ballads

Jan 1, 1970 01/70

by Chappell, W. (William), 1809-1888

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Topic: English ballads and songs

Significant etymology ; or, Roots, stems, and branches of the English language

8,486 8.5K

1908 1908

by Mitchell, James, 1830-1911

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Includes index
Topic: English language -- Etymology

The romance of William of Palerne (otherwise known as The romance of William and the werwolf)

8,219 8.2K

1898 1898

by Guillaume de Palerne; Alisaunder; Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912

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The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche : the first complete and authorized English translation

8,204 8.2K

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by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Levy, Oscar Ludwig, 1867-

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Hand-book of pronunciation and phonetic analysis : designed for use in schools and colleges

8,102 8.1K

1889 1889

by Bechtel, John Hendricks, b. 1841

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Topic: English language -- Pronunciation

The Institutio oratoria of Quintilian

8,087 8.1K

1920 1920

by Quintilian; Butler, Harold Edgeworth, 1878-1951

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Bibliography: v. 1, p. xi-xiii

Questions and answers on Exodus

8,081 8.1K

1953 1953

by Philo, of Alexandria; Marcus, Ralph, 1900-1956

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Includes bibliographical references and index
Topic: Bible

Canadian Libraries

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Anthologia latina, sive, poesis latinae supplementum

1895 1895

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Topic: Inscriptions, Latin

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Topic: Celtic literature

Babylonian magic and sorcery : being "The prayers of the lifting of the hand", the cuneiform texts of a group of Babylonian and Assyrian incantations and magical formulae edited with transliterations, translations and full vocabulary from tablets of the Kuyunjik collections preserved in the British Museum

7,644 7.6K

1896 1896

by King, L. W. (Leonard William), 1869-1919

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Topics: Akkadian language -- Texts, Incantations, Assyro-Babylonian, Magic, Assyro-Babylonian

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Anne's house of dreams

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by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942

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Latin Quarter = Scènes de la vie de Bohème

7,270 7.3K

1901 1901

by Murger, Henri, 1822-1861

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Charles Dickens in America

7,257 7.3K

1911 1911

by Wilkins, William Glyde, 1854-1921

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Topic: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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On the Latin language

1938 1938

by Varro, Marcus Terentius; Kent, Roland G. (Roland Grubb), 1877-1952

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English and Latin on opposite pages
Topic: Latin language

7,160 7.2K

Ten one-act plays

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by Gerstenberg, Alice

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Questions and answers on Genesis

7,064 7.1K

1953 1953

by Philo, of Alexandria; Marcus, Ralph, 1900-1956

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Includes bibliographical references
Topic: Bible

Lydgate's Troy book. A.D. 1412-20

6,991 7.0K

Jan 1, 1970 01/70

by Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?; Colonne, Guido delle, 13th cent; Benoît, de Sainte-More, 12th cent; Bergen, Henry, 1873-; Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910

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Topic: Troy (Extinct city) -- Romances, legends, etc

Selected epigrams of Martial

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by Martial; Post, Edwin, 1851-

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Topic: Epigrams

A high school English grammar

6,844 6.8K

1922 1922

by Jones, George Mallory, 1873-1940; Horning, Lewis Emerson, 1858-; Morrow, John D

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Topic: English language -- Grammar

The complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche : the first complete and authorized English translation

6,820 6.8K

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by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Levy, Oscar Ludwig, 1867-

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Vol. 5

The poems of Anne Countess of Winchilsea : from the original edition of 1713 and from unpublished manuscripts

6,533 6.5K

1903 1903

by Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720; Reynolds, Myra

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Rustic speech and folk-lore

6,498 6.5K

1913 1913

by Wright, Elizabeth Mary, 1863-

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"Select list of works consulted": p. [xiii]-xvii
Topics: English language -- Dialects, Folklore -- England

6,471 6.5K

1900 1900

by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900

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The collected poems of James Elroy Flecker

6,463 6.5K

1916 1916

by Flecker, James Elroy, 1884-1915; Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958

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1899 1899

by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900

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Old English chronicles : including Ethelwerd's chronicle, Asser's Life of Alfred, Geoffrey of Monmouth's British history, Gildas, Nennius, together with the spurious Chronicle of Richard of Cirencester

6,341 6.3K

1906 1906

by Giles, J. A. (John Allen), 1808-1884

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Topics: Great Britain -- History Sources, Great Britain -- History To 1066

Connectives of English speech : the correct usage of prepositions, conjunctions, relative pronouns and adverbs explained and illustrated

6,339 6.3K

1904 1904

by Fernald, James Champlin, 1838-1918

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Topics: English language -- Grammar, English language -- Particles

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Topic: Celtic literature

A Biblical and theological dictionary

6,160 6.2K

1854 1854

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1900 1900

by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900

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No. 64-221 also called v. 4-9

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by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff), 1842-1900

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An essay concerning human understanding

6,136 6.1K

1825 1825

by Locke, John, 1632-1704

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Topic: Knowledge, Theory of

Notes on English etymology : chiefly reprinted from the Transactions of the Philological Society

6,092 6.1K

1901 1901

by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912

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Topic: English language -- Etymology

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Ennianae poesis reliquiae

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Topic: Celtic literature

Canadian Libraries

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1903 1903

by Ennius, Quintus; Vahlen, Johannes, 1830-1911

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